The Prevalence of HBB Mutations among the Transfusion-Dependent and Non Transfusion-Dependent Hb E/β-Thalassemia Children in a Tertiary Center of West Bengal, India.

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Hb E (HBB: c.79G>A)/β-thalassemia (Hb E/β-thal) is responsible for nearly half of all the different kinds of severe β-thal. This disorder is characterized by a wide range of clinical variability ranging from mild, asymptomatic non transfusion-dependent thalassemia (NTDT) to severe transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT). The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of different β-globin gene (HBB)...

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